floco

French

Etymology

From Baoule floco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɔ.ko/

Noun

floco m (plural flocos)

1. (slang, derogatory) imbecile

Galician

A Galician gaita with decorative flocos

Alternative forms

• fleque, freque, froco

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese froco (“tuft”), semi-learned borrowing from Latin floccus (“tuft of wool”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɔkʊ/

Noun

floco m (plural flocos)

1. tassel
2. flake (a thin chiplike layer of anything)

   Synonyms: foula (“dust”), folerpa (“snowflake”)

Derived terms

• floco de neve
• flocos de millo

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “froco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “floco”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “floco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “floco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “floco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰlok-der.

Latin floccuslbor.

Portuguese floco

Learned borrowing from Latin floccus (“tuft of wool”). Doublet of froco.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈflɔ.ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈflɔ.ku/

• Rhymes: -ɔku
• Hyphenation: flo‧co

Noun

floco m (plural flocos)

1. flake (a thin chiplike layer of anything)

   Synonyms: folheca (“snowflake”), folipa (“snowflake”)

   sorvete de flocos ― chocolate chip ice cream (literally, “flake ice cream”)

2. tuft (bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base)

   Synonym: tufo

Derived terms

• floco de neve
• flocos de milho
• flocoso

Further reading

• “floco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “floco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026